Understatement - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈʌndərsteɪtmənt|
Brit.
|ʌndəˈsteɪtm(ə)nt|
noun
- a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
Extra examples
He understated his taxable income.
She's trying to understate the issue.
To say the movie was bad is an understatement.
'It wasn't very easy to find the house.' 'That's got to be the understatement of the year!'
'We have not done quite well enough,' Macmillan said, with characteristic understatement.
...it's an understatement to say that our dog shows a disinclination to get into the car to go to the vet...
Word forms
noun
singular: understatement
plural: understatements
singular: understatement
plural: understatements
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